Active snubber components optimization for ZVT-ZCT soft switched PFC converter

Author

Akin, Burak ; Aksoy, Ismail

Author_Institution

Power Electron. Div., Yildiz Tech. Univ., Istanbul, Turkey

fYear

2011

fDate

16-18 April 2011

Firstpage

4711

Lastpage

4714

Abstract

A 300 W and 100 kHz single phase soft switching power factor correction (PFC) circuit is developed with a new active snubber cell. This active snubber cell provides Zero Voltage Transition (ZVT) turn on and Zero Current Transition (ZCT) turn off for the main switch without any extra current or voltage stresses. The active snubber cell component values are defined by optimization process to minimize the switching losses of the PFC converter. As a result, this prototype has 98% total efficiency.

Keywords

active networks; circuit optimisation; power factor correction; snubbers; switching convertors; zero current switching; zero voltage switching; ZVT-ZCT soft switched PFC converter; active snubber component optimization; power 300 W; single phase soft switching power factor correction circuit; switching loss; zero current transition; zero voltage transition; Converters; Inductance; Optimization; Snubbers; Stress; Switches; active snubber; optimization; power factor correction (PFC); switching losses;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics, Communications and Networks (CECNet), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

XianNing

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-458-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CECNET.2011.5768879

Filename

5768879